Urban målare

Urban målare (Swedish: "Urban [the] painter") was a painter active in Sweden during the 16th century.

Biography

Virtually nothing is known of the life and work of Urban målare. He is traditionally attributed the original version of the painting "Vädersolstavlan", today well-known through the 1630s copy hanging in the Stockholm Cathedral. The painting is depicting a halo or sun dog display over Stockholm in 1535 and is often mentioned as the oldest topographically correct view of the Swedish capital. As the painting is generally associated with the called Danube School, it is possible Urban målare got his education in Germany. Similarly, he is often attributed the painting "Arvstavlan".

He is known to have worked as an official court painter for King Gustav Vasa from 1526cite book | language = Swedish
title = Sankt Eriks Årsbok 1999 - Under Stockholms himmel | pages = 52
author = Andrea Hermelin | chapter = Vädersolstavlan i Storkyrkan
edition = 1st ed. | year = 1999 | id = ISBN 91-972165-3-4
publisher = Samfundet Sankt Erik | location = Stockholm] and is mentioned as having sold a property in the western part of Stockholm during the period 1533-1538 ("Urban Målare uplåter et steenhuus wästantill").cite web
url = http://runeberg.org/wrangsto/0598.html
title = Stockholmiana I-IV | author = Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel
year = 1912 | accessdate = 2007-04-21
publisher = Project Runeberg | language = Swedish]

References

See also

* History of Stockholm

Literature

* Göran Axel-Nilsson, (1941) "Urban målare", "Sankt Eriks årsbok 1941", Samfundet S:t Erik, sv icon